I would just like to say that Fuzzy pretty much had to say something since Ned attacked without explanation and has so far refused to say anything publicly or privately. I saw nothing malicious in what Fuzzy posted. When the CEO flags you and doesn't leave any explanation then you pretty much have to show that it's baseless. When someone attacks you and you are forced to defend yourself it isn't right to treat it as if they're both at fault. It would be really nice if Ned would open a dialog about the issue. Would have been even better if he had done so first but that's not what happened. Fuzzy is an incredibly reasonable guy and if there's a problem I'm sure he'd be willing to solve it.
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Yeah, I think it's a super thin line, but I think Fuzzy's on the safe side of it.
I could flag this post, give no explanation and make the people who support your posts less likely to ever touch them again out of fear that their blogs would be my next target, but as my track record shows (for those who research it) I will not do that here. I prefer to be an adult and only escalate what is necessary to escalate. So busy building bro...and not just whaleshares. The whaleshares community has so many amazing things coming. Some of which reach much further than steemit. So the people who help me will likely know what its like to be a whale someday because I will do as I always have done...and lift them up instead of climbing on skulls to get to the top. Thanks for noticing this btw!
With that said..ill be honest. This sounds a bit harsh and judgemental toward me and unnecessarily so.
When was the last time you saw me downvote someone with no reason, no explanation? When have you seen me downvote anyone at all? I honestly dont know if i have without later going back and rescinding said vote. There may be one out there but they are i assure you a very rare incident.
In fact, instead of spending my energy downvoting ive given out over $100k of whaleshares and beyondbits to minnows who are now making solid returns in less than two months. and what i make...i build things with.
In this case...silence on my part looks like guilt and im guilty of absolutely nothing. But from reading your thoughts, it seems you feel maybe this is all based on some old fued? Allow me please to explain.
Your assessment is true -- I lost a great deal of respect for ned for real reasons that I have explained to people who wanted to know. But even with that, I largely keep my mouth shut about it and build.
This is on ned buddy. Please try to change your post to reflect this as it currently seems I was mutually at fault to all those who do not know what is going on. It also makes me out as attacking when Im actually forced to defend myself.
And just so you know...I have reached out to ned. Maybe I should not show you the proof because that would hurt neds privacy?
Perhaps rape victims should not go to the police to give evidence because it would hurt the aggressors privacy? Come on man..
Fuzzy, thank you for taking the time to respond. You're very thoughtful, and I can understand your frustration.
Since we first started talking you've mentioned that you and @Ned used to communicate, but now you don't as much. You've shared that with me privately, and I'm guessing it's come up psuedo privately in whaleshares either by you or the leaders in there. You have some strong opinions on what the root cause of that rift was. So, that's a few months of sharing strong opinions that I'm willing to bet have gotten back to Ned. He appears to have let that slide this entire time up until this last post. When I listened to the post the one thing that struck me was when you aired some of your frustrations in a publicly recorded session.
You and Ned probably have different perceptions of what happened back when this place started. You probably have different perceptions of events now. I'm betting that the flag on chain is because you chose to start escalating publicly off chain, and Ned is responding to that.
I don't think flagging was the right approach because as you note it causes harm and a rift in the community. It harms not only you, but the several hundred people that voted, and the whole community because it takes away funds that would have been used to do something productive. That said, the post hasn't closed and there is still time to undo this and unwind this conflict for the betterment of everyone.
I also have concerns over your choice to publicly talk about private conversation between you and Ned. Beyond Bitcoin may not be the best place to cure your relationship with Ned or vent your frustration with him. My point here is that both of you have played a role in helping this place grow tremendously and both of you are currently playing a role in potentially causing it harm.
Both of you and your respective communities have taken a hit from this, but it's nothing that can't be undone. You can acknowledge that your actions and your communication with this community have had some influence in Ned's decision to flag, Ned can remove the flag, and then we'll work to get you two get back on track to building this platform collectively.
That's the path. The alternative is a rift in which the Steemit community and the Whaleshares and or Bitshares community parts ways, which harms everyone involved. We're all heading to the same moon gents. Please try to deescalte the actions, the language, and sense of victimhood so that we can repair, build, grow, and moon.
I have great respect for you both. We're all looking up to you. Please don't let us down.